TS-12 will not start

[DESDICHATO]

Hey guys,

Has anyone got any suggestions how to start TS-12.....I double click the Trainz Icon - nothing, even try open but again nothing, I even go to the trainz folder and try from there - nothing, I have tried reinstalling the program without success.

The only thing I can think of at the moment is uninstalling it and reformatting the drive, then install as new but I have no desire to have to go through the updates and downloading everything again.... can I copy any files to anothrer drive then back again, if so which ones.

Can anyone offer any alternatives????

Thanks

 

[JCitron]

Does Content Manager start at all?

If it does not work, or produces an error, I suggest reinstalling your video drivers.

Please post your machine spec as that will help us here.

John

 

[DESDICHATO]

TS-12

Hey Jcitron, thanks for your responce.

I am not able to even get as far as the content manager.....it's almost as if link between the icon and program are down but as mentioned previously I have even tried getting in through the program - without success.

My Confuser specs are:-

CPU I7 3960x @ 3.3Ghz
Video Geforce GTX 960.....according to the computer the drivers are up to date and current
Ram 64Gb of 2400Mhz
OS Windows 8.1 Enterprise .....recently updated from Win 7
Progam is on its own 240Gb virtual drive of which 200Gb is free

Thanks again and hope this helps

 

[j_maybury]

Have you at any time switched off your computer while you had trainz running in the background.
I have done this trick a time or two my self, it is easy to do when the validating starts to take forever, so I go on to do something ells and forget that I have left it running in the background when I've switched off.

I find the best thing to do is save my userdata file to somewhere safe and reload then swap over the userdata files.

 

[JCitron]

Trainz will run okay in Windows 8.1 with the same setup as Windows 7 so it sounds like something's definitely hosed, and as Jon says, it's definitely something then in this case that sadly requires a fresh install. Backup your Userdata folders and put in a fresh copy. Make sure you run the setup and any subsequent patches as administrator, and later on give the same rights to exe when you run the program.

John

 

[GP30Fan]

Do an install of DirectX9c. It will coexist with whatever version or versions of DirectX might be already on the machine.

Run TrainsDiag found in the Trainz/bin0 folder.

This should solve your problems or at least show you where to look further if need be.

-AL